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![4 Practical & Simple Networking Tips for Recruiters](https://b1473721.smushcdn.com/1473721/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/networking-1080x675.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
4 Practical & Simple Networking Tips for Recruiters
Recruiting in the 21st century revolves completely around social networks and the internet. LinkedIn has around 611,000 results for recruiting-related positions alone. With the market so oversaturated, it’s important to take some time to refer back to the basics and...
![3 Huge Recruiting Mistakes That Cost You the Placement](https://b1473721.smushcdn.com/1473721/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mistakes-1080x675.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
3 Huge Recruiting Mistakes That Cost You the Placement
It’s easy to blame recruiting frustrations on talent shortages or picky hiring managers but it’s high time that we address the elephant in the room. These issues are caused by broken recruiting strategies. A lot of the stress felt by recruiters can be alleviated by...
![How to Build a Solid Recruitment Plan & Actually Stick to It](https://b1473721.smushcdn.com/1473721/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/recruitment-plan-2-1080x675.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
How to Build a Solid Recruitment Plan & Actually Stick to It
Recruiters are under a lot of pressure. Their judgment calls have a direct effect on a company’s bottom line, and you can bet the hiring manager is under about the same amount of pressure. One slip-up or messy interview can easily make or break the future of everyone...
![How Recruiters Can Interview & Assess the Top 7 Soft Skills in 2018](https://b1473721.smushcdn.com/1473721/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/soft-skils-1080x675.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
How Recruiters Can Interview & Assess the Top 7 Soft Skills in 2018
Name one thing that’s guaranteed to change. Here, I’ll go first: the workforce. Since the workforce changes so rapidly, employers need candidates who can stay current. And by that, we mean candidates have to be skilled not just in hard skills, but in soft skills, too....
![6 Signs it’s Time to Break Up With Your Recruiter](https://b1473721.smushcdn.com/1473721/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bad-recruiter-2-1080x675.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
6 Signs it’s Time to Break Up With Your Recruiter
Good recruiters know how to have a conversation with candidates. They know how to develop a personal relationship and learn who candidates are as people. A good recruiter actively listens while the candidate talks, and they ask targeted questions to get to the heart...
![Recruiting is Selling: The Power of Active Listening](https://b1473721.smushcdn.com/1473721/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/listening-1080x675.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Recruiting is Selling: The Power of Active Listening
Do you know the correlation between recruiting and sales? Hint: they sell things. Salespeople sell services or products. Recruiters sell opportunities. A great salesperson is spot-on when making that initial connection with a prospect; they’re skilled at building...
![3 Communication Tools to Become a Powerhouse Recruiter](https://b1473721.smushcdn.com/1473721/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/powerhouse-1080x675.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
3 Communication Tools to Become a Powerhouse Recruiter
Our good friend Aristotle, arguably one of the founding fathers of the art of rhetoric, defined 3 modes of persuasion: ethos, pathos, and logos. These modes are persuasive devices constructed from an appeal to ethics, emotions, and logical reasoning. But we’ll come...
![How to Write an Awesome Cold LinkedIn InMail](https://b1473721.smushcdn.com/1473721/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/coldinmail-1080x675.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
How to Write an Awesome Cold LinkedIn InMail
InMail response rates are up 25%. Exchanges between recruiters and LinkedIn members have increased by 40% over the last 2 years. And now, more than ever, folks are finding new roles through the InMails they receive. This means that, whether you’re using LinkedIn for...
![AI is Not the Enemy: 4 Reasons Recruiters & AI Can Work Together](https://b1473721.smushcdn.com/1473721/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AI-Recruiter-1080x675.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
AI is Not the Enemy: 4 Reasons Recruiters & AI Can Work Together
Artificial intelligence isn’t the first disruption in the recruitment industry. Recruiting changed forever thanks to the emergence of job boards nearly twenty years ago. Were some individuals panic-stricken by the change? Maybe, but the disruption was a good one. Now,...
![4 Simple Strategies to Recruit Millennials on Social Media](https://b1473721.smushcdn.com/1473721/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/millennialsocial-1080x675.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
4 Simple Strategies to Recruit Millennials on Social Media
Think about your recruiting efforts 10 years ago. Did you ever expect that 86% of working people in the first decade of their career would use social media to look for jobs and research potential employers? Did you expect that 59% of employees claim a company’s social...
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